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30-Jul-2025

Ai predicts mental health crises from sparse digital data

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers present a machine learning framework that forecasts individual mental health deterioration using limited, real-world data from wearables and smartphones. This enables personalized early interventions, shifting psychiatry from reactive to proactive care.

Journal: Med Research

30-Jul-2025

How sources of dietary fat influence cancer growth in obesity

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Obesity elevates the risk for at least 13 major cancers, including those of the breast, colon and liver. It also impairs immune responses that target tumors and are stimulated by cancer immunotherapies. But it has long been unclear whether these effects stem from the sheer adiposity—or mass of fat—in people living with obesity or from the specific dietary fats they consume.

Journal: Nature Metabolism

30-Jul-2025

Experts publish first global framework for quantifying postbiotics

International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A group of 15 leading scientists from academia and industry published a paper that provides practical guidance on postbiotic quantification that can be implemented worldwide. Rather than presenting a rigid set of rules, the publication provides a decision tree to assist in the selection of the most appropriate quantification techniques—depending on the type of microorganisms, cell integrity, and number of strains present—to ensure that postbiotic products are accurately characterized and can be reproducibly manufactured.

Journal: Frontiers in Nutrition

30-Jul-2025

GenAI models extract pathological features for lung adenocarcinoma grading and prognosis

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have successfully demonstrated that advanced generative AI (GenAI) models can accurately assess lung adenocarcinoma pathological features with remarkable precision. The comprehensive study shows Claude-3.5-Sonnet achieving 82.3% accuracy in cancer grading, potentially revolutionizing how pathologists diagnose and predict outcomes for lung cancer patients.

Journal: International Journal of Surgery

30-Jul-2025

Study reveals importance of culture in intimate partner violence recovery

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison looking into the mental health and well-being of Latina college students who have experienced intimate partner violence, or IPV, emphasizes the need for culturally responsive approaches to support effective healing.

Journal: Violence Against Women

30-Jul-2025

Gene therapy may block HIV transmission during breastfeeding, study shows

UF Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in Nature that finds a gene therapy against HIV given at birth can protect breastfeeding babies from infection with a single dose.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

30-Jul-2025

Indian adults who move to cities are significantly more likely to become obese than their rural counterparts - and the longer they stay, the greater the risk

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian adults who move to cities are significantly more likely to become obese than their rural counterparts - and the longer they stay, the greater the risk

Journal: PLOS One